We are open 6:30 am until 6:00 pm. We are closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day

Good Friday

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

The day after Thanksgiving

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Our Curriculum

We use the A Beka curriculum in our Threes, Fours, and Kindergarten classes. Their purpose: "The God-given ministry of Christian schools is to lead young people to Christ and train them in the Bible, Christian character, language, and traditional subject matter. Today's students need to be taught the accumulated wisdom of the past from God's point of view and trained in the way that they should go {Proverbs 22:6}. This lays a firm foundation from which to evaluate the present and make proper decisions for the future." A Beka Book has been developed and refined over a period of 55 years in the classrooms of Pensacola Christian Academy. For more information please go to www.abeka.com.

SCOPE & SEQUENCE

Three Year Olds

Language Arts

Recognition of name, sound, and picture for short vowels and consonants

Formation of vowels and consonants in upper and lower case

Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, and science

Numbers

Simple counting 1-30

number concepts 1-15

Bible

Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boy Sammuel, Daniel, Boyhood of Jesus, Zaccaeus, and Good Samaritan

Four Year Olds

Language Arts

Recognition of name, sound, and picture of long and short vowels and consonants

Sounding of blends and one and two vowel words

Reading of sentences and stories with one and two vowel words

Formation of letters, blends, and words

Writing of first name

Twenty-eight poems and fingerplays committed to memory

Language development and listening skills that include color words, shapes, animals, transportation, countries, community helpers, health, safety, manners, and science

Numbers

Number recognition and counting 1-100

Number concepts 1-20

Numbers before and after 1-20

Numbers largest and smallest 1-20

Simple addition facts (3+1, 7+1)

Bible

Lessons such as Creation, Noah, Boyhood of Jesus, Life of David, Life of Moses, 1st Thanksgiving, Missionary Stories, Enoch, and Abraham & Isaac

We use the High Reach Learning Curriculum for our Toddler and Twos classes. "At each age, children gain new skills and achieve new understanding. All of our curriculum programs provide developmentally and age appropriate learning experiences and materials, developing essential readiness skills through exploration, investigation, and of course, fun! Covering all the domains, our learning objectives address a wide range of development and skills." The High Reach Learning Curriculum teaches thru a monthly theme. Each month a new board book, puppet, conversation cards, posters, and family newsletter is provided for each classroom. The monthly topics for 2011-2012 are as follows: everyday places and routines, skin covers many things, building, textures and fabrics, creations and innovations, light and dark, what happens when, eco-exploring, traveling, wings and things that fly, and summer fun. For more information please go to www.highreach.com. Below is a sample of the outcomes addressed in our curriculum programs.

Toddlers (12-24 months)

Language Development/Emergent Literacy

Points to objects when named

Experiments with sounds

Names familiar objects in books

Mathematics

Shows interest in colors and patterns

Matches like shapes in simple puzzles

Fills and dumps objects

Learning About the World/Science

Uses senses to explore

Manipulates new toys/objects to see what they will do

Shows interest in environment (rocks, clouds, etc)

Social & Emotional Development

Begins to play independently

Discovers how to respond to social situations

Awareness of own feelings

Approaches to Learning

Shows curiosity about new things

Uses repetition to discover new skills

Tries one or two solutions to play problems

Physical Health & Development

Stacks blocks or toys

Walks without help: begins climbing

Makes marks with writing materials

Twos Year Olds

Language Development/Emergent Literacy

Repeats words

Takes turns in conversation

Attempts to sing songs

Mathematics

Begins to understand quantity (more)

Sorts by color, size, or shape

Begins to understand sequence of daily routines

Learning About the World/Science

Describes what is seen

Begins to understand cause and effect

Classifies things that belong together

Approaches to Learning

Asks "why" questions

Uses objects at tools

Attempts a task for a minute or two before asking for help

Physical Health & Development

Runs; can kick a ball

Washes hands with assistance

Demonstrates increasing balance

Our younger classes use Group Publishing products for Bible. Please go to www.group.com/childrenfor more information.

"What if Jesus taught your kids? How would he do it? What tools would he use? What would he want them to learn and remember? The Bible gives us lots of examples of how Jesus did it 2,000 years ago. He used everyday objects like coins, fish, and plants to help people remember the truths he shared with them. Hands-On Bible Curriculum does the same thing. We call them 'gizmos' and they serve the same purpose: to help kids understand the important Bible truths. It worked for Jesus, and it still works today." Our Hands-On Bible themes are God helps us, God sees us, God made the world, God made the animals, God made me, Jesus came as a baby, Jesus is our friend, and Jesus loves us.

All our classes can use our Read It Once Again Literary Curriculum Units. "Read It Once Again will provide a comprehensive curriculum that promotes and establishes an early literacy based foundation for the development of basic skills including cognitive, fine motor, gross motor, speech, adaptive skills, and socialization. Read It Once Again also provides the educator with student goals and objectives based on developmental milestones with structure and rational. The curriculum engages the parent in the education process and fosters the communication process between the home and school." Once the students complete a literary unit, they receive a copy of the book to take home and share with their family. Our literary units include: The Little Red Hen,The Little Engine that Could, The Napping House, Silly Sally, Big Red Barn, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, and Jump Frog Jump.

Our Older Twos thru After School classes all use the Color Me Healthy Curriculum for one month during the school year. "It provides fun, innovative, interactive learning opportunities on physical activity and healthy eating. The program is designed to stimulate all of the senses of young children: touch, smell, sight, sound, and of course, taste. Color Me Healthy uses color, music, and exploration of the senses to teach children that healthy food and physical activity are fun!" Please go to www.colormehealthy.comfor more information.